Container for razor blades



Nav. 11 1924. 1,514,754

J.H.YOUNG CONTAINER FOR,RAZOR BLADES INVENTOR James H. Young bq @www :www

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i Filed Feb. 9. 192s 2 Sheena-sheet 2 INVENTR Job-rn @.5 H. Young PatentedNov. 11, 1924.

UNITED S'Ili'lfllkSy JAMES H. YOUNG, OF

PITTSBURGH,` PENNSYLVANIA.

CONTAINER son RAZOR BLADES.'

Application led February 9,1923. Serial No. 617,908.

- To all lwhom z't may concern.'

a container for the blades of safety razors which is of attractive appearance and of' durable material; which is capable of re- Y ceiving a plurality of the blades while being sufficiently compact to occupy but little space within the case of a safety razor; and which 1'. irranged to rotect and preserve the cutting ed es of tlfe blades therein and to permit rea y removal of the blades.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is afplan vie'w of the complete container; Figure 2 is a central vertical section therethrough; Figure 3 is a centraly vertical section through the body of the container Figure 4 is a plan view thereof; Figure 5 is a central vertical section through the cover of the container; Figure 6 is a plan view thereof; Figure 7 is a cross sectional View o'n the line 7-7 Figure 4; Figure 8 is a cross sectional view through the ycover of the container; Figure 9 is a plan view of a complete container of a modified form; Figure 10 is a central vertical section therethrough; Figure 11 is a central vertical sectionthrough the body of the container; Figure 12 is a plan view thereof; Figure 13 is a central vertical section through the cover ofthe container; Figure 14 is a plan view thereof; Figure 15 isa cross sectional view through the body of the container, on the line 15-15, Figure 12; and Figure 16 is a cross sectional view through the cover of thef container.

. Both modifications of the device are com posed of relatively thin sheet metal, preferably aluminum, which may be pressed to the desired form.

In the form of the device illustrated in Figures l to 8 inclusive of the drawings the body 1 of the container comprises a tray or blade containing portion 2, and a clamping portion 3 for securing thecover 4 of the container thereon.

Pressed up from thek tray or blade containing portion 2 of the body of the container are posts o1" lugs 5, which are arrsame in the container..

ranged to pass kthrough aperturesr in the razor blades and Vaccurately position the Becausek of such positioning means the cutting edges of the blades are prevented from coming into contact with the side dnlling of these edges, due to agitation of thewcontainer or the safety razorcase in which it is held is prevented. Thewalls of the tray 2`itself adequately protect the edges of the blades from injury due tocOntact with any external object. It will `be understood that the blade positioning posts 5 may be formed separately from the tray 2 ofthe container if so desired, and may be secured to the bottom of the tray by soldering or in any other convenient manner. It is desirable however both for neatness and for manufacturing economy that the bladepositioning posts Aor lugs be formedl integral with the body of the'container, as shown..v`

The cover 4 of the container is formed with a top 4a, sides 4", and feet or fianges 4, which extend inwardly from the sides and are arranged to embrace the bottom of the tray'2. One end 4d of the cover `may be closed, as shown, while the other end 4 is yopen so that the cover may be slipped over the tray portion 2 of the body 1. The cover clamping portion 3 of the body comprises a portion 3a which extends rearwardly and has a depressed portion 3b for receiving the top 4a of the cover. kThis depressed portion 3b is provided with a dependingliiange 3 which 'forms the forward wall of tray, portion 2, and on its upper surface is provided with a protuberance 3d arranged to engage an in-v dentation 4t in the top ,4 of the cover.

' Inl filling the container safety razor blades are laid in the tray portion 2 of the body in such manner that theposts or lugs 5 pass walls of the container, and' Y through the apertures in the blades whichv i receive the positioning posts of the safety razor when the blade formsy part of the rassembly thereof. The body 1 ofthe container is of suiiicient depth to accommodatethree thin safety razor blades, together with thin strips of canton flannel or the like which may desirably be placed beneath, above, and between the blades. 'When the tray portion 2 of thepbody 1 has beenflled with the blades, the cover 4is slipped over the body so that it engagesthe clamping portion 3 thereof. In Lthis position the cover is secured on the body by the natural resiliency of the metal of both thereof.

i videntical with the form described above, eX-

c'ept for? the manner in which the cover of the containerengages with the body thereof.

rThus the body 7 of the container f is provided with positioning vposts 8 arranged to pass through apertures in the safety razor blades, vand with a platform 10 pressed upwardly from the body of the container. f

In this form of the container, however,

' the sidewalls 7a ofthe body 7 are turned over "to form lips or anges 7 b, which are'curved outwardly throughout their length, as` shown in Figure 15 of the drawings. The cover 9! of this modified form of the container is also formed to embrace the body 7 thereof; iso

that, when lthe body has been filled with blades and the cover slipped thereon, it is held in place by its own resiliency and that of the sides 7`and curved flanges '1 of the body 7. Y

It ywill be readily understood that both f forms: of the safety razor blade container shown and kdescribed are durable and of attractive appearance. They Aalso present the great advantage that they provide a permanent container Which is capable of receiving several razor blades, and which is also so compact that rit may beheld in a poclret'in al safety razor case of the pocket book ytype or in straps onthe under side of the lid' of a box for containing a safety razor.

It is also'to be understood that various modifications from the formslof the device as shown and described may be made without ldeparting from the spirit of the invention in its broaderaspect. For example, va-

f rious other forms of covermightbeemployed Cil without impairing the utility of the other features'o-f the invention asembodied in the .appended claims.

What I claim is: '1. A container for perforated razor blades comprising a body of a resilient and highly malleable metal or tray, posts formed of the lmetal of the bottom of said body and arranged to receive va plurality of perforated razor blades and position the same in the body, curvediianges extendingI along the sides of said body, and a cover arranged to be held in place by the resiliency ofthe sides and the flanges of said body.

2. A container for perforated razor blades comprising a metallic body or tray, posts in said body for receiving and positioning perforated razor blades, a blade receiving platform covering part of the area in the bottom of said body, and a cover arranged to be securedto thel body by the resiliency of the cover and the bod 3. A container fbr perforated razor blades comprising a metallic body or tray, posts formed of the metal of the bottom of said body and arranged to 4receive'a plurality of perforated razor blades and positiony the same in the body, and a blade receiving platform pressed up from the metal of the bottom of said body and covering part of the area thereof.

4. A container for perforated razor blades comprising a metallic body or tray, posts formed of the metal of said body and arranged to receive a plurality of perforated razor blades and position the same in the body, a blade receiving platform pressed up from the metal of the bottom of said body and covering part of the area thereof, and a cover arranged to be secured to the body of the resiliency of the cover and the body.

5. A container-for perforated razor blades comprising a metallic body or tray, posts in said body for receiving and positioning perforated razor blades, a blade receiving platform covering part of the area in the bottom of said body, curved flanges extending along the sides of said body, and a cover arranged to embrace said body and be held in yplace by the resiliency of the sides and the anges of said body,

6. A container for perforated razor blades comprising a metallic body or tray, posts formed of the metalr of the bottom of said body and arranged to receive a plurality of perforated razor blades andposition the same in the body, curved flanges extending along the sides of said body a blade receiving platform covering part of the'area in the bottom of said body, and a cover arranged to be held in place by the resiliency of the sides and flanges of said body.

7. A container for perforated razor blades comprising a body or tray, posts in the bottom of thevbody arrangedto receive a plurality of perforated razor blades and position the same in the. body, and a. blade re-' ceiving platform covering part of the area of the bottom of the body.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand.

' JAMES H. YOUNG. Witnesses:

E. B. WALTERS, R. M. GAUGHAN.

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